Christopher Barrett, 5, right, decorates the Christmas tree with his mother, Lauren, and Lauren's fiance, Marc Clark, on Nov. 30 at their house in Birnamwood.

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The mother of an autistic kindergartner has pulled the boy out of Birnamwood Elementary School because she believes the school has been lax in its supervision during recess and has allowed the boy to be bullied.

Lauren Barrett, 24, of Birnamwood decided to home-school her son Christopher after a string of incidents at school that she said endangered Christopher. Among other things, she said she witnessed other children pushing him down, kicking him and dragging him through a pile of woodchips. The school has only one adult supervisor on the playground during recess, Barrett said, and ...